Post-Op Visit

Hannah is recovering nicely. The problem the last few days has been how to keep her from being as active as she wants to be! We've been visiting the library and reading a lot, doing puzzles, painting, and other more calming activities. She's still limping slightly and tires easily, but is ready to take off and GO. Go turn cartwheels, Go jump on the trampoline, just GO! She can't do those things quite yet though. Her surgeon was happy with how she's doing, both hip-wise and mouth-wise. As far as activity level, he said I could let her start doing a little more. He said she could swim anytime, which made her very happy. Hannah asked him if she could run and play at the park. He said yes, but to be very careful and cautious. Um, right. I think we'll skip the park for a few more days. At this point, she can do whatever she can tolerate as far as her hip is concerned. What we have to be careful with is not bumping her mouth and messing up the graft. As far as food, he said she still needed to be careful what she ate. No hard foods such as chips, pretzels, etc. But he did tell her that a small cheeseburger and fries from McDonald's would be just fine. Guess where we had to stop for supper on the way home? We go back in a month and they will take x-rays then to see if the bone is there in her gumline and growing. But basically, he said to have a nice summer. Sounds good to me!